Ajgaonkar chaired a meeting on Friday to review safety and security of tourists visiting Goa.

He said that his department would work towards ensuring that tourists adhere to safety regulations at beaches and added that amendments would be made to the Tourists Trade Act, if required, to impose fines on violators.

He informed that shacks have been asked to install CCTVs from the next season failing which their licences would be cancelled.

A senior Tourism department official told PTI that a proposal was mooted to set up village committees, comprising industry stakeholders, police and tourism officials, to take responsibility for tourism in a particular area.

The official said that WhatsApp would be used to connect to law-enforcement agencies to report violations or incidents.

Goa mulls having lifeguards round-the-clock at its beachesDescription:Three tourists, including a police constable and his brother, from Akola in Maharashtra, had drowned in the Arabian Sea at Calangute beach early morning on June 11.Times Now